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paradigm
has definitions from the field of grammar
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[ noun ] (grammar) systematic arrangement of all the inflected forms of a word
Used in print (Hugh Kelly and Ted Ziehe, "Glossary Lookup Made Easy"...)Two very useful ways for modifying a form dictionary are the addition to the dictionary of complete paradigms rather than single forms and the application of a single change to more_than one dictionary form . Applying the techniques developed at Harvard for generating a paradigm from a representative form and its classification , we can add all forms of a word to the dictionary at_once . Equivalents could be assigned to the paradigm either at the time it is added to the dictionary or after the word has been studied in context . If all forms of a paradigm are grouped together within the dictionary , a considerable reduction in the amount of information required is possible . Related terms |
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[ noun ] a standard or typical example
Examples "he is the prototype of good breeding" "he provided America with an image of the good father" Used in print (David Boroff, "Jewish Teen-Age Culture"...)Perhaps the Jewish students at Brooklyn_College - constituting 85 per_cent of those who attend the day session - can serve as a paradigm of the urban , lower_middle_class Jewish student . Related terms |
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[ noun ] (grammar) the class of all items that can be substituted into the same position (or slot) in a grammatical sentence (are in paradigmatic relation with one another)
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[ noun ] the generally accepted perspective of a particular discipline at a given time
Examples "he framed the problem within the psychoanalytic paradigm" Related terms |
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